4.1.0 Purpure

[Elsie19]

Pacstall v4.1.0 Purpure

This update is a quality of life update focusing on important bug fixes and adding requested features. Users can update from Pacstall 4.0.0 or higher with pacstall -U pacstall:master, or reinstall using the deb file.

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Features

• Add mask array by @Elsie19 (feat(pacscript): add mask array #961)

Changes

• Remove ability to remove makedepends through pacstall, reported by @markob94, by @Elsie19 (fix(install): makedepends are too fragile to just remove #964)

Additions

• Log Build-Depends in deb by @Elsie19 (fix(makedeb): log Build-Depends #963)

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How to use features

mask

mask is an array that takes in pacstall package names. Once installed, any packages in mask will be unable to be installed, or show up in searches. Use this feature sparingly, and do not use it unless you know exactly what you are doing.

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Pacscript for this releases Deb

name="pacstall"
pkgver="4.1.0"
pkgdesc="An AUR-inspired package manager for Ubuntu
Pacstall is the AUR Ubuntu wishes it had. It takes the concept of the AUR
and puts a spin on it, making it easier to install programs without scouring
github repos and the likes"
homepage='https://pacstall.dev'
depends=("bash" "curl" "wget" "unzip" "build-essential" "sensible-utils" "git")
optdepends=(
	"axel: faster file downloads"
)
maintainer="Pacstall Team <pacstall@pm.me>"
url="https://github.com/pacstall/pacstall/archive/refs/tags/${pkgver}.zip"

prepare() {
	sudo mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/"
	sudo mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/scripts/"
	sudo mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/repo/"
	sudo mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/man/man8/"
	sudo mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/var/log/pacstall/error_log/"
}

package() {
	sudo install -Dm 755 pacstall "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/"
	sudo install -C "misc/scripts"/* "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/scripts/"
	sudo install "misc/pacstall.8.gz" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/man/man8/"
	echo "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pacstall/pacstall-programs/master" | sudo tee "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/repo/pacstallrepo" >/dev/null
	sudo chmod +x "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/scripts"/*
}

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